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- pronunciation:
- eth
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adjective |
| definition 1: |
of or concerning moral principles of right and wrong; having to do with ethics.
Advances in medical science often bring up ethical questions.Many or most people accept that killing is justified if it is done by soldiers in battle, but for some people, this is an ethical problem.- similar words:
- moral
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| definition 2: |
morally okay or justified; conforming to a set of moral principles.
Animal rights groups argue that the use of animals in experiments is not ethical even though it is legal.- antonyms:
- immoral, wrong
- similar words:
- scrupulous
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| related words: |
honest |
| derivations: |
ethically (adv.), ethicality (n.), ethicalness (n.) |
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